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From: Harriet Rohmer <hrohmer_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:22:56 -0800
Elsa,
What you wrote here was certainly the case when I started Children's Book Press in 1975. I (and everyone I worked with) wanted to change children's literature in the U.S. from what we called "a literature of exclusion" to "a literature of inclusion." At the time, mainstream publishers wouldn't publish the kind of books we wanted to create.
We saw our work as part of the social movements going on at the time--especially for racial equality and bilingual/multicultural education. That's why Children's Book Press was a nonprofit organization.
Harriet Rohmer
On 11/6/11 8:52 PM, Elsa Marston wrote: Re Sully's observation about small independent publishers: I have the impression that many independent publishers go into book publishing with a special sense of mission, a particular focus that may be as important for them (or almost) as the objective of making money--and what could be more motivating than the desire to make a difference through encouraging awareness of issues of social justice?
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:22:56 -0800
Elsa,
What you wrote here was certainly the case when I started Children's Book Press in 1975. I (and everyone I worked with) wanted to change children's literature in the U.S. from what we called "a literature of exclusion" to "a literature of inclusion." At the time, mainstream publishers wouldn't publish the kind of books we wanted to create.
We saw our work as part of the social movements going on at the time--especially for racial equality and bilingual/multicultural education. That's why Children's Book Press was a nonprofit organization.
Harriet Rohmer
On 11/6/11 8:52 PM, Elsa Marston wrote: Re Sully's observation about small independent publishers: I have the impression that many independent publishers go into book publishing with a special sense of mission, a particular focus that may be as important for them (or almost) as the objective of making money--and what could be more motivating than the desire to make a difference through encouraging awareness of issues of social justice?
-- Harriet Rohmer, Author HEROES OF THE ENVIRONMENT: True Stories of People who are Helping to Protect our Planet www.HeroesOfTheEnvironment.comReceived on Mon 07 Nov 2011 02:22:56 PM CST
